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Hi ya. I gave birth there on the 19th of November I was only the 4th person to give birth there! The labour room was lovely massive and so clean the room had a ensuite wet room no bath but a shower. After delivery I got moved to a private post natal room ( might of been cause not many people there ) the room was nice and clean once again had a wet room bathroom with shower no bath. Staff were nice. Only complaint was we were there all day and the staff that give u food/drink seemed to ignore my husband?! So gave him half my food/drinks as he wasn't allowed any?! HTH Xx

I gave birth there on the 19th November too, I was the first person to give birth in suite 3

As Becca said the rooms are lovely with ensuite bathrooms, I didn't get food until I was on the ward (a lovely private room) as they couldn't find the key to the room and couldn't find the toaster, but I'm sure they have sorted that now.

The MWs were lovely and really good despite the fact that they didn't know where anything was, I had a really good experience at Broomfield.

I would def say take food with you, they did have vending machines, but DH was getting really hungry and wanted something other than crisps/chocolate, he could make a coffee on the ward for a small donation. In the birthing suite they did offer him teas/coffees.

New neighbour opposite got discharged at 3am last Saturday morning??!! My community mw said you could refuse to leave at that time though. Re the food was handy having the tesco oppostie st johns dh had 3 breakfasts in there!

OK so I'm used to rubbish being from a scummy bit of saaf london, but still, after having a horrible time on the DAU (turned up when they were uderstaffed and all in a bad mood) the labour bit was awesome.

Our room was so clean and tidy, had all the mod cons, funny shaped pillows, comfy chairs etc you could ask for, the en suite had bath and shower (that was a bit of a bugger climbing into!) and it was all nice and wipe-clean so I didn't feel bad about sicking and bleeding everywhere.

We were offered plenty of tea and toast, and OH was included in the offer which was sweet, he was made to feel really involved and welcome.

Because I was in labour over shift change the first MW was good enough to warn us she would be leaving and wait until a convenient point (after her replacement had arrived) instead of just knocking off when her clock struck.

On the ward I was in a little 4 bed bay, again all clean and shiny and well equipped, the food wasn't all that bad, the staff were available and really nice, and it felt nice and private with my curtain shut.

Their BF advice was top notch if you're wanting it, even the doctors were nice enough and didn't seem too horribly inconvenienced by having to do the boring baby checking rounds.

The down side is the build quality in the corridors is poo and the facilities maintenance company seem in no hurry to fix that, but at least in the clinical areas the staff don't let them slack on the odd jobs

Oh, and the new bus stop arrangement is STUPID and I hate it.

Oh, Oh, and and - the grandparents visiting hours were really weird, 7 - 9 pm or something. My parents got there around noon (Patrick was born at 2.30am) and they weren't let in, but they were offered tea while I was fetched, and we were let out about 10 mins later because the doctor was summoned to check us asap!

We were befriended by one of the night staff at the now closed St Johns maternity ward (which transferred to Broomfield) who seemed quite pleasant, she (her and her husband) conned us out of 1500. Our second child is due and we are supposed to be having it at broomfield, dreading it, she now works there.

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